Addiction is a chronic condition, not a broken leg that can be fixed by setting the bone and putting the limb in a cast. Dr. Paul Thomas understands this on both a personal and professional level as he spent twenty-seven years of his life abusing alcohol and is board-certified in addiction medicine and pediatrics.
Dr. Thomas has dedicated his career to helping others in the recovery process. In 2009, he opened an integrative addiction treatment clinic, Fair Start, in Portland, Oregon where he has successfully treated hundreds of people hooked on heroin, opioids, cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana, alcohol, and even screens.
In his new book, The Addiction Spectrum, Dr. Thomas shares his natural, proven treatment plan, which stresses the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices in order to reverse and prevent addiction. The key lifestyle strategies of Dr. Thomas’s program, which he covers in great detail in his book, include:
- Eat real food as it comes from the earth.
- Reduce stress in all forms, including from television, news, social media, toxic people, and toxic environments.
- Increase your level of vitamin D through lifestyle intervention and supplementation.
- Improve your mental and physical health with daily exercise.
- Discover high-quality sleep that refreshes and rejuvenates.
- Fix your broken gut microbiome to improve your immune health and brain health.
- Find and build connectedness, replacing the false connection of addiction with true relationships.
Through his practice, Dr. Thomas has seen firsthand how these seemingly simple changes are instrumental in both overcoming addiction and mitigating the poor health outcomes resulting from substance abuse. In fact, developing healthier habits was a major part of Dr. Thomas’s own recovery journey to quit drinking and he hopes to share this wisdom with everyone struggling with addiction.
“I’ll put it bluntly: I wrote this book because I don’t want you to die. I don’t want addiction to ruin your life. I don’t want addiction to steal your loved ones from you. I want you not only to survive, but also to thrive,” Dr. Thomas says.
With Dr. Thomas’s program, the power to heal is in your hands. And Dr. Thomas firmly believes that it’s never too late to implement a wellness plan that will help you take control of your addictions, your health, and every aspect of your life.
The Addiction Spectrum: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery by Dr. Paul Thomas is available wherever books and e-books are sold. Read a free excerpt or learn more at AddictionSpectrum.com.
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